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ACADIA  FREESTONE 


^natrging  ^  Pamtfattonnn  Co. 


Charterti  by  tb«  LeflslaUHrf  ^f  N*?*  8c«Ua. 


i*ROSPEOTU8. 


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OFFICE  OF  THE  CO.  "IN  NEW  YORK,  87  BEAVER  STREET. 


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V  4       NEW  YORK:  . ^1 

BAKER  A  GODWIN,  BOOK  AND  JOB  PRINTERS, 

OOSNRK   NASSAU    AND   BPDUOK   STRBBTf.  ^'.;^. 


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ACADIA  FREESTONE 


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Chartered  by  the  Legislature  of  Nora  Scotia. 


PHOSPECTUS. 


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OFFICE  OF  THE  CO.  IN  NEW  YORK,  87  BEAVER  STREET. 


NEW    YORK: 
BAKER    &   GODWIN,   BOOK   AND   JOB    PRINTERS, 

CORNER   NASSAU    AND   SPRUCK    STREETS. 
1857.  - 


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§intton. 


A.  P.   ROSS, 
HENRY  MoKAY, 
ARTHUR  LEARY, 
!>•  R.  MoKAY,     ^ 
CHARLES  DAY, 
JOHN  GORDON, 
JOHN  BERRY,  . 


Pictou. 

•  Montreal. 
New  Ym-k. 

•  Bostwi. 
New  YmTc. 


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JOHN  BERRY,  Pk^i^j^^. 


ARTHUR  LEARY,   Treasurer. 
RICHARD  P.   BUSH,  Secretary. 


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WALTER  HEUGH,  Agent, 

76  South  4th  Strbm,  Phil 

DAVID  B.  MCKAY.  Agent, 

180   COMMMOIAL  StIIMT.   B08T0N. 


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CHARTER. 


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PROVINCE    OF    NOVA    SCOTIA. 

Anno  decimo-sexto  Victoria!  Regincc,  Chapter  50.   An  act  to  incorporate 
the  Acadia  Freestone  Quarrying  and  Manufacturing  Covqmny. 

Beit  enacted,  by  the  governor,  council,  and  assembly,  as  follows  :— 

1st.  Alexander  P.  Ross,  Daniel  Dickson,  Henry  Coggill,  Artl.ur 
Leary,  William 'J.  Emmett,  and  such  other  persons  as  are  now  or  shall 
become  shareholders  in  the  corporation  hereby  established,  th|k  suc- 
cessors and  assigns,  are  created  a  body  corporate  by  the  namefflSlhe 
Acadia  Freestone  Quarrying  and  Manufacturing  Company,"  fofthe 
purpose  of  quarrying,  manufacturing,  dressing,  exporting,  and  selling 
stone  for  building  and  other  uses.    " 

2d.  The  capital  sto^k  of  the  Company  shall  be  seventy-five  thou- 
sand pounds,  to  bo  divided  into  fifteen  thousand  shares  of  five  pounds 
each  ;  and  the  Company  may  liold  real  estate  and  quarrying  rights  in 
any  part  of  tlie  Provinces  to  the  value,  hi  the  whole,  of  twenty  thou- 
sand pounds,  with  full  power  to  quarry,  manufacture,  export,  and  sell 
all  stone  belonging  to  such  corporation,  either  in  this  province  or  else- 
where, as  the  corporation  may  think  fit. 

3d.  The  by-laws  and  list  of  shareholders  shall  annually  be  regis- 
tered m  the  registry  of  deeds  for  the  county  of  Pictou,  and  the  Com- 
pany shall  not  go  into  operation  until  three  thousand  pounds  are  ac- 
tually paid  m  on  account  of  such  Company. 


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«OVEKNMKJVT  iiousK, 

'^a'i<ax,  1st  June,  1853. 


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i-Jeutenant-Governor. 


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BY-LAWS 


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AND  MANUFACTlJlilNG  COMPANY. 


Jvernor. 


ARTICLE  I. 


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The  business  affairs  and  concerns  of  this  Company  shall  be  under 
the  entire  control  and  mahagf'nient  of  a  Board  of  seven  Directors,  who 
shall  be  elected  by  ballot  by  ^e stockholders  from  among  iheir  num- 
ber, as  hereinafter  provideclip 

ARTICLE  IL 

There  shall  be  an  annual  meeting  of  the  stoctholders  on  the  first 
Tuesday  of  April  ih^each  year,  at  such  place  in  the  city  of  New  York 
as  the  Board  of  Directors,  for  the.  time  being,  shall  determine  upon,  at 
which  meeting  the  Directors  shall  be  elected;  and  the  Directors ^hall 
hold  their  office  until  the  next  annual  meeting  of  the  stockholders 
after  their  election,  and  until  others  arc  elected  in  their  place  ;  and  the 
Board  of  Directors  sh^l,  before' each  election,  appoint  three  suitable 
persons  as  inspectors  of-  such  election.  / 


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«PPoiDte«J  for  thJ  ""  ^'''^'ion  ,./•  /,■ 


»"^  «t  each  aV  ^/  '7'  ''^P«''-'Vfor  t      i^^"'  /"  ^''«  -'y  of  .Ve\^.    ' 
•  .        "' "'c  Company. 

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directed  to  each  Rt6ckhoUler,  at  hm  pl&ce  of  biminewi  or  residence,  shall 
j     be  deposited  in  the  Post-Oflice  in  the  city  of  New  York,  at  least  four- 
teen days  before  each  of  such  meetings.  \    • 


ARTICLE  VIII. 

Ilic  Board 'of  Directors  shall  have  power  to  hold  such  regdlar.and , 
special  meetings,  and  upon  ,8i«^^otice,  and  in  such  manner,  in  «very 
\  4"e8pd»Bt,  asjjrey  shall  deem  proper.    ^  ^ 


ARTICLE  IX. 

T|ie  Board  of  Dfrectors  shall  appoint  one  of  their  number  Presi- 
dent,-and  one  of  their  number  Treasurer,  and  may  appoint  some  suit- 
able person  Secretary.  Tliey  may  appoint  all  agentfl  necessary  and 
expedient  lo  conduct  the  business  "of  the  Company,  and  remove  the 
same ;  and  may  from  time  t64'ime  Rx  the  compensation  to  be  allowed 
to  said  officers  and  agent*,  and  ma*  make  any  contract  in  relation  tQ 
the  subject  which  may  bft  deemed  necessary,  and  adopt  such  rtiles  and' 
regut^tions  for  the  better  government  of  thqir  affairs  and  agents  as  may 
be  deemed  advisable.  X  ,  ,    > 

articIe  2^.  -^ 

"tlacb  share  of  stock  shall  entitles  the  holder  thereof  to  one  vot« 
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upon  every  qu/^stion  submitted  to  the  stockholders,  at  an  annual  or 

special  meeting- of  the  same;  and  every. stockholder  shall  be  entitled 

to  appear  at  every  such  meeting  in  'person  or  by  written  proxy. 


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ARTICLE  XL 

The  form  of  scrip  for  the  stock,  and  of  making  transfers  thereof 
lipon  the  books  of  the  Company,  shall  be  such  as'ie  now  in  use  and^ 
adopted  by  the  Company,  subject  to  tlie  control  and  alteration  of  the 
Board  of  Directors ;  and  bo  transfers  of  any  share  of  stock  shall  be 
valid  unless  such  transfer  shall  be  entered  on  the  books  of  the  Com- 
pany, nor  shall  such  transfer  be  made  until  all  instalments  and  assess- 
ments  previously  due  or  ^ade  upon  such  share  of  ^tock  shall  have- 
been  paid.  ►  ,^   •     ♦        \.  ^ 


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"ame  siaj;  ho  .„_.  .  '*"  "'^neys  Paid  fl...„-       -^^''''^ctors  shaJJ  d«]. 


^^->i«toctaJr^^«^«'*heBoaruo.,„>    , 
^^•"esiallbe  forfl^'  "'""'^«  P^^^  thereo^to      '   "'" '''?^' ^^^^iar 
-^  «-  certifieat  fiT'  T  ^^^-^  the  p^  ! '^  'r"^''  «"^  the 
^toct,  shaJ]  1,0  vot'  '  *"^  «^«"  have  been  ITT'  ''' ."'«  Con, 


f  sued  for  such 
"    The  Board  of  D"  ''''^''''^  ""'''■ 

'n<lobW„«.  ""'<'  >»  entitled,  and  to  JIJ/J'""'""'  >^  -vftich 

It  J  ARTICLE  XV 

the  DirectX' *^f '^"*>^  «f  the  President  / 


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*o  give  written 
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^^'■ore  the  ex- 
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the  affairs  of  the  Company ;  to  have  under  his  care  all  the  books  and 
papers  of  the  Company,  and  he  shall  have  all  suoh  power  and  author- 
ity as  shall  be  delegated  to  him  by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

ARTICLE  XVI. 

The  Secretary  shall  perform  all  such  duties  and  have  all  such  power 
as  shall  be  imposed  upon  him  by  the  Board  of  Directors. 

/    "  ARTICLE  :^I. 

The  Board  of  Directors' ipay  devise  and  adopt  a  seal  which,  after 
such  adoption,  shall  be  the  common  seal  of  the  Company. 

ARTICLE  XVIIL 

The  office  of  the  Company  shall  be  in  the  city  of  New  York. 

ARTICLE  XIX. 

All  action  and  proceedings  of  the  former  Board  of  Directors  are 
hereby  adopted  and  confirmed. 


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ARTIOLE  XX. 

The  l^resident  and  Ditectors,  if  authorized  at  any  meeting  held  in 
pursuance  of  these  By-Laws,  by  a  vote  of  the  stockholders  represent- 
ing a  majority  of  the  stock,  may  sell,  mortgage,  convey,  or  in  any 
manner  dispose  of  or  pledge  the  real  and  personal  estate  of  the  Com- 
pany, and  its  quarrying  rights,  privileges,  and  franchises. 


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ARTICLE  XXI. 

All  deeds,  documents,  conveyances,  mortgages,  and  instruments  in 
writing  of,  or  relating  to,  the  real  estate  of  the  Company,  shall  be  made 
"and  executed  by  affixing  the  common  seal  of  the  Company  thereto, 
and  by  the  signatures  of  the  President  and  Secretary  subscribed  there- 


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PROSPECTUS. 


Thk  Acadia  Freestone  Quarries  are  situated  at  the  head  of  Pictou 
Harbor  in  the  Province  of  Nova  Scotia,  and  about  four  miles  from 
Pictou. 

The  Company  o\^ns  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  two  acres  of  land, 
containing  within  itj^  bounds  freestone  of  a  superior  quality  for  build- 
ing and  other  purposes. 

The  works  of  the  Company  consist  of  its  quarry  openings,  its 
quarry  apparatus,  and  a  pior  extending  out  into  the  waters  of  Pictou 
harbor,  upon  which  the  Corilpany  has  a  railway  connecting  with  its 
quarries,  being  a  mile  and  a  fifth  in  length. 

This  pier  and  railway  have  been  constructed  at  considerable  ex- 
pense, and  enable  the  Company  to  place  stone  on  board  vessels  with 
great  facility. 

The  qiiantity  of  stone  heretofore   shipped  by  the  Company  has 
-  been  limited,  owing  to  the  imperfect  apparatus  for  quarrying,  and  the 
want  of  sufficient  lifting  power,  and  consequently,  it  has  been  impos- 
sible to  supply  the  demand. 

This  will  be  remedied,  as  the  Company  has  ordered  from  Scotland 
two  cranes  of  the  most  approved  construction,  and  have  every  expecta- 
tion of  shipping,  when  the  contemplated  improvements  are  finished, 
from  five  thousand  to  twenty  thousand  tons  per  season. 

The  Acadia  BVeestone  has  been  used  to  some  extent  in  the  cities  of 
Boston,  New  York,  and  Philadelphia,  and  in  each  city  has  given  per- 
fect satisfaction.  It  has  now  become  a  favorite  building  material  in 
the  latter  city,  and  the  demand  there  ^one  is  now  cu'eater  than  the 
Company  can  possibly  supply  witli  the  present  faciliti^. 


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"/■"WO  to  11,0  air.         '""■'"■'I  •ilk   U,o  '!""*''.  it  i.  „„. 

,      "  '""""fldcMlvM,.       ,    ,  ■"""''''»«  material 

''■•  "e»  and  o,.„„„,,„°"'' "  *»"•  of  ab„„t«,,„.  "  *•"  »„„  h„„j,,j 
«»  e«*„,  „pp„rt  *'7*:'"«''  -  |.eo„l,a"  „  ,r  ^^'^  ""•*■  '""" 

,    ^-"""S 'ke  0.W  b,,,,.  •^■•^"""'«"'«..tree^ 

"""^  o„  ct.r :;:  ^-»' « is;;  7*"«  or :; 

;«  er„„u,d  d„ri„,  J'T'  •  "'^  l««e  «„  J™'*  '  «.. ;    s^.„,^,. 


X 


'^  most  perfect 

J'te.s,  eombiniag 

'^  "J  a  building 

fr^'estone,  viz., 

"■'^d.  it  i8  sus- 
^^''c,  and,  by 
'^'striictibJe  as 
•lontaJ    wort, 
^"periority  in 
'"g  mattfrial 

Beds  only  to 
^'versal  nse 
'oftness  and 

stone  for 
"rison,  on 
process  of 
-  hundred 
^H  from 
"»  affords 
'he  stone 

welJing. 

ison,  of 

seen  in 

street, 

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>f  Mr. 
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f  the 

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At  Boston,  oil  Temple  street,  is  a  dwelling-house  erected  in  the 
year  1855,  of  this  stone  ;^  and  at  Cambridge,  tlic  Trustees  6f  Harvard 
University  are  now  erecting  of  the  same  a  large  chapel,  of  the  gothic 
style,  at  a  cost  of  some  fifty  thousand  dollars.   •  • 

The  cost  of  the  stone  in  the  United  States  varies  at  the  different 
ports,  owing  to  the  difference  of  freight,  which,  to  Philadelphia,  is  less 
than  to  either  Bqston  or  New  York.    • 

The  actual  cost  of  quarrying  a  ton  of  stone  and  placing  it  on  board 
vessel  on  the  Company's  wharves  at  Pictou,  will  not  exceed,  as  has 
been  clearly  proven  from  the  shipments  heretofore  made,  two  dollars 
and  a  half.  .,  /^ 

The  freight  on  a  ton  of  stone  from  Pictbn  to  Philadelphia,  will  not 
average  higher  than  throe  dollars,  making  the  costof  a  ton  of  stone  at 
the  wharf  in  Philadelj^ia,  five  dollars  and  fifty  cents. 

The  average  price  of  the  stone  per  cubic  foot,  at  Philadelphia,'is 
seventy  cents,  which,  for  a  ton  of  fourteen  cufeic  feet,  makes  nine  dollars 
and  eighty  cents  ;  from  this  is  to  be  deducted  all  expenses  of  discharg- 
ing, carriage,  trucking,  rent  of  yard,  cpmmissions  of  agent,  &(;.,  say  fif- 
teen per  cent,  on  the  sales ;  making  one  dollar  and  forty -seven  cents  per 
ton  ;  the  profit  on  each  ton  of  stone  may  then  be  shown  as  follows  : — 

Price  at  Philadelphia,  per  ton  of  fourteen  cubic  feet,  at  70  cents 

per  foot ; 19  go 

Cost  placed  on  board  vessel  at  Pictou $2  50 

Average  freight  to  Philadelphia 3  oo 

All  other  expenses,  including  comniissions  of  agent. ...      1  47     6  97 

Profits,  per  ton $2  83 

This  is  believed  to  be  a  liberal  estimate ;  and  upon  ten  thousand 
tons,  an  amount  which  the  Company  will  be  able  to  ship  without  difii- 
culty  each  season,  would  leave  annually  a  niit  profit  of  twenty-«ight 
thousand  three  hundred  dollars,  which  would  enable  the  Company  to 
divide  a  dividend  of  seven  per  cent,  among  its  stockholders,  and  still 
reserve  a  large  sinking  fund. 

But  there  is  every  reason  to  believe  that,  with  an  expenditure  of 
twelve  or  fifteen  thousand  dollars  judiciously  made  at  the  quarries  in  the 
erection  of  extra  cranes,  and  the  application  of  steam  power,  that  the 


u., ,, ...  .*#.• 


^"•npany  wiJI  be  alio  ,         ' 

^-«da,  were  Sied  ""^^  ^'^  ^^^-ss  of  «•     w- 
r^^'^^a'  miner,  a„d  f      ^^^''^^  "'«  «ervL  of  r'  ,^"^'«'"  ^«g«»  of 


^«"«and  tons  per' 

'^f  be  proportiou- 

'"  the  course  of 

J^m  Logan,  of 
,^Oatey,%,a 

^'Do^v  engaged 
'«te  a  pereona/ 
«"^  to  make  a 

""^^  a  most 
'ports  acconi- 
'  of  the  h^gh. 
"■e-  as  to'the 


EEPORT. 


^ro  the  Stockholders  of  the  Acadia  Freestone  Quarrymg  anU  Manu- 
facturing Company  : 

GENTLKMKN.-Being  engaged  by  you  to  inspect  and  reporlDupou 
y6ur  quarnes,  I  beg  leave  to  state  that  I  left  Montreal  on  the  23d  of 
M^rch  last,  for  Pictou,  which  place  I  reached  on  Saturday  nK.rninff 
the\28th  of  March  last.  ^  ^' 

U  Monday  the  30th  of  March,  Mr.  Ro^  the  Company's  agent, 
and  ipyself,  commenced  an  inspection  of  the  quarries  as  to  their  capa- 
bihtie^to  produce  a  large  quantity  of  stone ;  also,  to  ascertain  what 
improvements  would  be  necessary  to  enable  the  Company  to  work 
thera  to  advantage  and  profit. 

Mr.  Ross  leaving  here  to-morrow,  to  attend  the  annual  meeting  of 

he  Company  in  New  York,  I  am  able  to  furnish  by  him  only  V  very 

brief  report;  but  as  I  intend  to  remain  here  two  weeks  longer  will  let 

you  have  a  more  full  and  complete  explanation  of  all  I  think  necessary 

to  guide  the  Company  in  their  future  operations  on  a  laige  scale 

I  have  spent  the  last  four  days  about  the  quarries  with  this  object 
111  view,  and  I  have  no  hesitation  in  stating  that  the  quantity  of  stone 
in  the  quarries  is  sufficient  to  yield  any  amount.  I  would  here  sug- 
gest what  improvement  is  requisite  to  put  the  quarries  in  fair  working 
order.  ,  ° 

The  line  of  direction  of  the  stone  in  the  quarries  extends  for  a 
quarter  of  a  mile  from  the  opening  that  has  been  worked  by  the  Com- 
pany since  its  organization,  which  I  call  No.  1,  to  the  division  line 
between  the  Company's  land  and  lands  owned  by  Mr.  McKenzie 
About  midway  that  distance  is  an  opening  made,  which  I  call  No  2* 
and  which  was  worked  before  the  Company  was  organized,  and  wher^ 
the  stone  is  of  the  same  quality  as  No.  1,  and  taken  out  with  equal 
ease.  ^ 


I  find  tliat  in  following  the  .ame  line  of  direction,  an  opening  has 

^  o^iLrjeCiir  '"^  ^"  ^^'^"^'^ ""'  ^'''^  ^-^— -« 

I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  the  supply  is  almost  unlimited 

For  opemng  up,  properly  improving  and  enlarging  Nos.  1  and  2 

laymg  branch  tracks  to  connect  with  the  main  line  of  railway     xtra 

wagons  removmg  rubbish,  draining,  cranes,  and  other  lifting  ap" 

tus,  cas   ,ron  pumps,  &c.,  will  require  an  outlay  of  at  least  fourTou 

sand  dollars,  and  should  be  done  immediately.  '^' ^^uv  ti^on- 

Tins  wdl  give  your  quarritis  an  extensive  face  of  over  three  hun 

dr^d  yards  ,n  length,  and  will  afford  ample  room  for  all  oplt   J' 

piles  of  the  railway  bndge,  to  secure  them  from  injury  by  ice  and  in 

time  will  njgke  the  same  solid.  ^    ^  ^      '  " 

These  improvements  would  enable  the  Company  to  suddIv  anv 

demand  tey  might  have  for  stone,  in  quantity  from'  five    o' wen  v 

housan     tons  or  more,  in  a  season;  an'd  the Ine,  without  IbT 

"ItwodX  1r  ^^^«^^--'«  «^  fro™  two  dollars  and  ' 
cotL  more  1         "I    «»--1"«rters  per  U>n  ;  and  as  the  quarries  be- 

rreduce;^^^^^^^^  opened, |e  cost  of  production  will  be.eonsider- 
^U^t^:::^^^  that  all  good  buildingstone  be 

n^aterials  and  placing  o^  Z^ Ul^  '^^^'"^  "'  '''''  ""  ^""^^ 
I  will  have  a  more  extended  report  to  make  shortly. 
I  I  am,  gentlemen,   \ 
1  Your  most  obedient  servant, 

A.»^'    ri       •     L.  RICHARD  OATEY 

Acadia  Quarries,  Pictou,  Nova  Scotia, 

3d  Aprilj  1857. 


an  opening  has 
1  produces  stone 

tmost  unlimited. 
ig  Nos.  1  and  2, 
f  railway,  extra 
lifting  appara- 
least  four  tliou- 

>ver  three  Iiun- 
all  operations. 

ed  avound  the 
by  ice,  and  in 

to  supply  any 
Sve  to  twenty 
nthout  doubt, 
dollars  and  a 
le  quarries  be- 
ll be^consider- 
ding  stone  be 

:e  scale,  two 

a  practical 

rpenter  used 

ip  machinery 

tioned  as  the 
lollars  and  a. 
hole  expense 
ir  all  quarry 


3ATEY. 


17         ■ 
REPORT. 

To  the  Acadia  Freestone  Quanyinp  and  Manufacturing  Company  : 

Gentlemen,-!  bog  to   hand  you  a  more  full  and  general  report 
on  yourquHrries.     As  has  already  been  said  in  the  former  Report  the 
length  of  the  .juarries  is  a  quarter  of  a  inilc  on  the  Company's  lands- 
the  height  of  tlie  n.ck  above  the  drainage  level  is  thirty  f.-ef,  and  the 
top  IS  overlaid  with  about  three  feet  of  rubbish,  on  an  'average.     The 
dip  of  the  stratification  of  the  be.ls  is  about  twenty-two  and  a  half  de- 
grees, or  siv  inches  to   a  foot.      At  the  upper  part  or  crop  of  the 
quarries  at  the    surface,  the    beds  consist  of  flags  of  a  very  good 
description,  which  can  be  taken  out  of  a  large  size  and  of  various 
thickness,   from   two  to    eight    inches,   m„re  or    less,   whi.-h    can  be 
.used  lor  pavements,  .-ellar  floors,  platfonns,  &c.,  ,tc.,  and  can  always 
be    .lisposed  of   at    remunerating    prices.      As  y'ou  go  down  in  the 
quarries  the    beds  thicken    from    eight  t..  twehfe  inches,  from    that 
to  eighteen  inches  an.l  three,  fe.'t,  np  t..  sixtee/.  feet,  out  of  whi.-l, 
you  can  out  your  largo  blocks  of  any  sizes  that  may  be  wante.l 

%  following  the  dip  you  will  have  to  quarry  under  the  drain- 
age level,  towards  the  brook,  twenty  tVet,  more  or  Ic.s..,  where  the  Ix-ds 
are  thick  and  the  stone  of  a  good  quality.  The  Company  then  will 
re.,uire  a  steam  engine  of  not  less  than  twenty-five  or  thirty  horse: 
power,  wh„.h  can  be  used  for  pumping  and  lifting,  and  ..ther  purposes; 
however,  until  the  quarries  are  more  extensively  opened,  the  present 
engine  will  serve  for  pumping.  Observe  thM  in  quarrying  there  will- 
he  a  great  variety  of  sizes  of  stone,  yet  all  of  good  quality ;  although 
a  very  great  proiwrtion,  if  wanted,  may  .;ousist>f  blocks  of  a  large  size 
say  trom  two  to  six  tons  or  more.  Hut,  as  has  been  mentioned  in 
the  lornier  Report,  for  keeping. the  quarries  dear,  and  also  to  save 
time  and  labor,  by  only  giving  the  stone  one  handling,  all  the  various 
sizes,  ,,s  they  arc  taken  out  of  the  quarries  and  prepared,  must  be 
indiscnijimately  shipped. 

If  so,  I  have  no  doubt  they  can  be  quarried  and  put  aboard  ship 
here  at  a  less  sum  per  ton  than  was  named  in  a  former  Report,  and  I 
wish  you  to  understand  me  not  t.)  mean  either  stone  of  such  a  small 
size  as  to  be  worthless,  or  of  inferior  quality-,  when  T  say  they 
should  be  shipped  indiscriminately,  but  good  building  stone  that 
would  be  considered  merchantable  in  any  part  of  the  world.  I  have 
^ . ■        ^_| 


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18  / 

spent  a  grekt  deal  of  titno  sincn  r  l    »  ^ 

convnced  that  .,  fi^st  imprc.iol  /eSt  tl"  ^  ""^  '"">'  '  «- 
he  snppi,  ,  almost  .u-liJu-d,  and  S    S       "  ""'  ""'^'  -^  ^'^^^ 
«nd  *e  trade  fi,„,  ^„„    j„      ,.   m4t  be  J  j  fif  ,T  '''''''''  «P-^'^. 
Hiave  seen  here  a,copy  ofZ  V'J  T         '  '""•^^'•"• 

'••"'^^'•«^"<'  they  can  bel/^coni  M       ^  ^""'"^  ^'^'"^-^^  (-^ich 

-<i  Manufacturing  C^,,     ..  ^    ^  /^'^-''a  Freestone  Quarrying 
"J'Wng,  with  a  railZ]    „  loodZf-  "''"""^  "'«  '""'^''lities  of 

the  wharf,  where  Ze  i;  afe^ern;'"  "'"  '""  ^"^  ^^-s  to 

and  the  denZ  ^ Z^',^^:!^:'''  ^"-^■"^^  ^f  the  stone, 
known,  for/Cnlding  purposes.'  A  '  j'h "  T"^^"'^  '^'^  ''--« 
known  ./the  cities  of  tL  Unitj^l  Ir  ^  ^T"*^  "'o^e  generally 
'nnst  jn/rease  to  a  very  great  extent  ^^^f "'"'''  ^^"  '^^'"^^ 

^n..c:S:itxJ:r^"-^^     ^^-^^r  „... 

eVwhere,  it  will  leave  fu  y  X  0,1"""?'  "'.^  *^«  «*-«  here  or 
/enty  thousand  tons,  wo  Jd  ^  'a  tTrl^  't/^^  ^-'  ^hich,  on 
/on  one  year's  operations.  '        '*  ''''''''  '''^  <!%  thousand  dollars 

rying  busin'esr"  YoTray' b^filllvl  ''*'",*  T"  T'^  «°  '"*«  ^^nr  q-ar- 
ohtained,  providing  the  pices  ir'tT:  ''''  ^''t  ^'^^  «^-  -  be 
-. ^i.  into  the  .U.,--^^^^^^ 

T'^  that  it  is  sufficient  to  supply  I'l,  J  '^^T^'  ^^^'^  '^''^^y 
have,  which,  I  have  no  doubt!l^,lt\e:;t:eI'^^  ""^  Company.^ 
I  am,  gentlemen, 

Your  most  obedient  servant,  "  "»-      , 

Acadia  Quarries,  Pict^u,  Nova  Scotia,  ^^CHARD  OATEY. 

17th.April,  1867. 


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closely  ex- 
«  fi'l'y  I  am 
>«Tect:  that 
•rly  opened, 
rn. 

siicJi  pricea 
itfs  (which 
little  such 
Quarryinjr 
acilitics  of 
I  Harries  to 
vhich  ves- 

the  stone, 

»  become 

generally 

<lemand 

ter  mak- 

here  or 

hich,  on 

1  (lollara 

ir  qiiar- 
i  can  be 
o  bring 
Jy  into 

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CERTIFICATES. 


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Mr.  McKay, — 

With  reference  to  the  "  Acadian  Freestone,"  I  would  say  that  I 

U8edK.it  for  the  front  of  my  l|ouse  in  Temple  street,  in  the  summer  of 

1855,  and  that  it  has  given  me  the  most  perfect  satisfaction  in  every 

respect,  and  were  \  to  build  again  I  would  usevthe  same  article  could 

.  I  obtain  it. 

\  The  color  of  the  stone  lias  much  improved  ;  several  of  the  blocks 
appeared  discolored  at  the  time  of  use,  but  this  has  disappeared,  ancJL 
the  whole  front  is  uniform  in  color. 

Tlie  stonfl  also  appears  much  harder  from  exposure  toHhe  weather. 
It  attracts  much  attention  and  admiration,  and  many  inquiries  are 
directed  to  me  as  to  where  it  can  be  obtained. 

.    In  short,  I  have  every  reason  to  be  well  satisfied,  and  can  safely 
recommend  it  to  any  om  in  want  of  a  good  building  material- 
Yours,  respectfully, 

GEORGE  H.  SAWIN. 

Boston,  Sept.  13,  1856.  / 

♦    ■  ■ 

,    ,  St.  Johns,  Newfoundland, 

Dec.  13,  1856. 
I  have  found  the  freestone  from  the  Acadia  quarry,  Pictou,  N.  S., 
\ei7 -durable,  suitable  for  this  climate.  My  houses  in  Duckwortfi  street 
in  this  city,  built  with  stones  from  that  establishment,  stood  the  tek  of 
the  fire  of  1846,  when  the  principal  part  of  the  town  was  destroyed, 
and  I  have  restored  the  interior  of  the  houses  without  requiring  to 
replace  a  singk  stone  of  the  front  built  of  Acadia  quarry  freestone. 

R.  PR0U8E. 


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'Vrv  I)b=ak8,„__,  ,  S^-  JoHNH,  Nov.  I;,,  1855. 

„   •  Acadia  Quan,,  ku>U^.  S       .  •    ,      ''■r'""!''  """  '-  ''"^  '••on.  tl.  • 

'"iaterid,  viz. :_  " '   i'    "    *'0    <l<'sirMl.k.    l.uiMi,,^ 

't  IS  clioaj),  bciiicr  easii..  w,,,.!,,. ,  '  ' 

fi..i.sl..  ,        "     ""-^  "'*''^''''  '""f  .suscoi,til.lo  of  „  very  l.iyh 

«tructed  thereof  were  eo,„„leJv    .     !     '   ''     ""  ''"'"'•"'  '"^"^-  ^•'^"- 
Mr.  Kohert   V.ou^,  ,,;?'>  '•:'";"^  -^.  l-ti.uhuly  the  hon.ses  of 

^;5t'li<^e.ne,  yourob'tsm't, 
«MirH  McKav,  E8,j.  KVKAND  WALSH. 


I  certify  thart  freestone  r'epresente,!  fir         . 
^'•^tou,  Nova  Scotia,  was  used  H    '*  ^        """    "  ^""^ 
^^'■•^  l>"iicling.  erected,  i„  the;';;  Isf^"'  ""  ^^''"  ""^^^'U^M^ 

^t  has  been  found   to  stan.f  tl.;       .■"  -     WHP^ 

'     tJKO.  BENNEIT, 

E  '-Cf    i„,        ,,    '  Assistant  Collector, 

f'jg^f"^  Newfoundland, 


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your  kiiij 
«  "  I'irtuu 
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Bank  op  Britisii  Nojith  AuKRirA, 
St.  Johns,  Newni,  Dec.  10,  1855. 
*(^<)»  application  of  MK  Sinitli   McKay,  I  horeby  certify  that  free- 
**""    •u'"'*^''*'  ^^'*^''"  ^'"'■■'■y.  •'i'^'toii,  Nova  .Scotia,  wasj   I  uuder- 
"..Jw    ^  '"  ^'"'.'"'■""t  «'"'  "isiJe  work  of  this  bank,   which    wa» 
(■f)'iJrL'Ct<'(T?h«'re  in  the  vear  I841>. 

Tlie  above  stontv  has  been  fonnd  to  stand  the  climate  of  this 
country,  and  I  safely  rccofiTnu'nd  it^Ra.  good  building  material  for 
either  outside  or  inside  work. 

ANDREW  MILROY,  Manager. 


I  certify  tliat  freestone" from  Acadia  Quarry,  l'icto<i.  Nova  Scotia, 
was  used  in  the  Cathedral-  Church  of  this  Diocese,  both  for  outside  and' 
i^Tside  work,  as  quoins,  inullions,  label  molding,  corbots,  Ac. 

I  consider  it  an  excellent  building  material,  it  works  easily,'  is  aus-- 
leptible  of  nice  carving,  and  is  not  injured  by  tiie  severe  frosts  of  this 
climate.  '  • 

THOMAS  F.  H.  BRIDGE,  M.  A.,      ^ 

Archdeacon  of  Newfoundland,  &.c. 
Tub  Rkctorv,  St.  Johns,  Newfd, 
Nov.  27,  1855. 

1  can  indorse  the  contents  of  the  above  certificate. 

JAMES  S.  CLIFT, 

Late  Church  Warden. 


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